Account-book case



Ew SAPR-QS, BANK PRUTECUON AND RELATED DEVICES.

Jan. 2, 1923. 1,440,484 E. L. MOONEY.

AccouNT BooK CASE. FlLeD MAY 26. 1919. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1 W9. SAFES, BANKPROTECUON AND RELATED DEVICES.

Jan'. 2, i923, 1,440,484

E. L, MOONEY. AccouNT BooK CASE.

FILED MAY 26. 1919. 3 sHEETs-sHEET 2 8 Fiq. Z

m9. sfa'sl, 5MM VHUIEmvw-a AND RELATED DEVICES,

Jan. 2, 1923. 1,440,484

E. L. MOON'EY. AccouNr BooK CASE. FILED MAY 26. 1919. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3We. cette, rsf-wm VHUIEUHDN Patented Jan. 2, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. MOONEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

ACCOUNT-BOOK CASE.

Application led May 26,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. MooNnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Account-Book Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple andhighly eflicient fireproof case especially adapted for use to containmerchants account books and the like; and, to such ends, generallystated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations ofdevices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

As is well known, it is now a very general practice for grocers,butchers and other merchants, doing a credit business, to carry theircustomers accounts in small individual books, and without carrying theaccounts over into a ledger. Hence, it becomes of the greatestimportance that these individual account books be carefully preservedagainst loss by fire or otherwise. Insomuch as these account books areof no particular value to anyone, except the merchant, the greatestdanger of loss is from fire. The improved case has an open frontprovided with upper and lower doors adapted to be opened to affordaccess to the case and also to be tightly closed together, at night orwhen not in use, to protect the accounts from ire. The inner and outerwalls of the case and the inner and outer faces of the doors, as well asthe front edges of said case, and the continuous edges of said doors,are of metal, preferably sheet steel. Between the inner and outer wallsof the case and within each door, is a wooden core entirely covered witha heavy heat-insulating material, preferably asbestos. These woodencores afford convenient means around which the several parts of the caseand doors are assembled and to which they are secured by screws or otherfastening means.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 -is a perspective view of the improvedcase closed;

1919. Serial No. 299,813.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case supported on a table with itsdoors open;

Fig. 3 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical sectiontaken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 3, with the exception that itsdoors are closed;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in section taken substantially on the line 5-5of Fig. 3, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 6 is a detail View, principally in section taken on the line 66 ofFig. 1, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 7 is a detail view in section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1, onan enlarged scale;

Fig. 8 is a detail view in section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1, onan enlarged scale;

Fig. 9 is a detail view in section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 1, onan enlarged scale;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary front elevation of the lower portion of thecase, as shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower lefthand portionof the case, as shown in Fig. 2, with some parts removed.

The inner and outer sheet metal walls of the case are indicated by thenumerals 12 and 13, respectively, and the wooden core therebetween isindicated by t-he numeral 14. The layer of asbestos, or otherheat-insulating material 15, interposed between the inner walls 12 andcore 14, is relatively thin, while the layer 16, interposed between theouter walls 13 and said core, is relatively thick. The joints at theedges of the outer walls 13 are covered by angle pieces 17 and, ashitherto noted, the front edges of the case are covered by sheet metal,which connects the inner and outer walls 12 and 13 by forming acontinuation thereof. These front edges of the case have secured theretoa rectangular door frame 18 made of relatively heavy flat metal bars.

The upper door 19 has its upper horizontal edge connected by hinges 20to the top of the case for opening movement into a vertical positionthereabove, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower door 21 has its lowerhorizontal edge connected by hinges 22 to the bottom of the case foropening movement into a horizontal position below the bottom of saidcase, as shown in Fig. 3. As previously stated, each door 19 and 21 ismade uo of inner and outer sheet meta-l walls 23 and 24 and which metalalso extends over the edges of said doors. The wooden cores for thedoors 19 and 21 are indicated by the numeral 25 and the inner and outerlayers of asbestos are indicated,

respectively, by the numerals 26 and 27.

The horizontal meeting edges of the doors 19 and 21 have bevelledengagement and secured thereto are flat metallic reinforcing strips 28.All of the outer edges of the doors 19 and 21, except their meetingedges, are covered with angle pieces 29. A joint plate 30 is secured tothe lower horizontal edge portion of the door 19 and overlaps the upperhorizontal edge portion of the door 21, when said doors are closed, asbest shown in Fig. 7. It will also be noted, by reference to Fig. 1,that the joint plate 30 is bent laterally inward and covers the jointsat the vertical edges of the doors 19 and 21. Joint plates 31 areinterposed between the vertical edges of the doors 19 and 21 and therespective flanges of the angle pieces 29 and overlap the front edgeportions of the sides of the case to close the vertical joints betweenthe case and doors, when said doors are closed, as best shown in Fig. 9.Screws 32, of various different lengths and sizes, are provided forsecuring all of the different parts of the case and its doors to theirrespective cores 14 and 25.

For securing the two doors 19 and 21 closed with their abutting bevelededges tightly drawn together and with their inner faces tightly pressedagainst the door frame 18, there is provided a pair of clamping bolts 33that work through suitable passageways in the upper door 19. Theseclamping bolts 33 have outer crank ends that stop against fixed plates34 secured to the outer face of said upper door and their inner endshave screw threads adapting said bolts to be screwed into nut blocks 35secured in the side members of the case, as best shown in Fig. 6.

table top 36 is slidably mounted within the case on a pair of guiderails 37 secured to the inner walls of said case at the bottom thereofand have ribs which extend into channel rails 38 secured to the underside of said table top. To simultaneously slide the table top 36 on therails 37, with the opening and closing of the door 21, and to limit theopening movement of the door 21 and the outward sliding movement of saidtable top, there is provided a pair of links 39. These links 39 havetheir inner ends pivotally connected to the inner ends of the rails 38and their outer ends are pivotally attached to brackets 40 secured tothe inner face of the door 21. The intermediate portions of the links 39engage oblique notches 41 formed in the outer end portions of the rails37 to support the door 21 in a horizontal open position and to limit theoutward movement of the table top 36. A

d rawer 42, located under the table top 36, has on its sides flanges 43slidably mounted on flanges 44 on the rails 38.

Reinovably supported on the table top 36, is a cabinet 45 havinginstalled therein the Kirkwood system of accounts, but, it is, ofcourse, understood that any other system may be substituted therefor,together with its respective cabinet or holding means. In the cabinet 45shown, the two doors therefor have the same depth as the body of thecabinet and, like said body, have horizontal and vertical rows ofbook-containing compartments. The arrangement of the cabinet 45 is suchthat when moved forward on the table top 36, by the opening movement ofthe lower door 21, the doors of said cabinet are entirely outside of thecase and may be swung into open positions, as shown to the left in Fig.2. With the doors of the cabinet open, the forward portion of the tabletop 36 is unobstructed and may be used to hold the account books, beforethey are filed in their respective compartments. vWhen the lower door 21is open, the inner face thereof affords a writing desk or shelf. Whilethe improved case is shown supported on a table 46, the same may beplaced on any other convenient support.

1. A case of the kind described comprising inner and outer metal walls,a wooden core within said walls and spaced apart therefrom,heat-insulating material interposed between said walls and core, andfastening devices for securing said walls to the core and extending intoand partially through -said core.

2. A case of the kind described comprising inner and outer metal walls,a wooden core within said walls and spaced apart therefrom,heat-insulating material interposed between said walls and core, anglepieces covering the joints in said outer walls, and fastening devicesfor securing said walls and angle pieces to the core and extending intoand partially through said core.

3. A case of the kind described comprising inner and outer walls, saidcase having a hollow metal door, wooden cores in said case and door andspaced apart from the walls thereof, and fastening devices for securingthe walls of the case and the door to their respective cores andextending into and partially through said cores.

4. A case of the kind described comprising inner and outer metal walls,a wooden core within said walls and spaced apart therefrom, a layer ofheat insulating material interposed between said core and the innerwalls, a thicker layer of heat insulating material interposed betweensaid core and the outer walls, fastening devices for `the inner andouter walls passing therethrough and secured in the said core, anglepieces at the corners of the case, and fastening devices for the anglepieces extending into the wooden core.

5. A case of the kind described comprising inner and outer metal walls7a wooden core within said walls, and spaced there :from7 layers of heatinsulating material interposed between said core and said walls, thefront wall of the case comprising doors pivoted at the top and bottomedges thereof, said doors having bevelled meeting edges,

metal plates secured to said edges by fasteners extending into thewooden core and a plate on the upper door overlapping the edge of thelower door when the same are in closed position.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD L. MOONEY. Witnesses:

WINIFRED I. WARD, HARRY D. KrLGoRE.

